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Physics Resources
by Ron Kurtus (revised 24 September 2018)
The following are resources and references on general Physics:
Use these resources to help your understanding of the material.
Basics
Hodder Science - listing of science resources for students, teachers, and technicians from the Great Britain.
Science at NASA - space science
National Science Foundation - U.S. Government site to promote science research
Video Lessons on Physics - From Socratic.org
Basics for kids
Physics4Kids - overview of Physics topics
Matter
Matter - Wikipedia
Matter is the Stuff Around You - Chem4Kids.com
Atomic Theory
John Dalton - Wikipedia
Postulates of Dalton's Atomic Theory - LibreTexts.org
Atomic Theory - Wikipedia
States of Matter
Matter: Definition & the Five States of Matter - LiveScience.com
States of Matter - Purdue University
States of Matter - Chem4Kids.com
States of Matter - NOVA
Video of States of Matter - YouTube
State of Matter - Wikipedia
Phases of Matter - Wikipedia
Phases of Matter - NASA
Phase transition - Wikipedia
States of Matter books
Equilibrium Between Phases of Matter: Phenomenology and Thermodynamics by H.A.J. Oonk and M.T. Calvet; Springer (2010) $109.00
Liquid Crystals: Nature's Delicate Phase of Matter, by Peter J. Collings; Princeton University Press (2001) $46.38
Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics: An Introduction by Helmut Satz; Springer (2012) $59.95
States of Matter by David L. Goodstein; Dover Pubns (2002) $40.15
Children's books
What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Paul Meisel; Collins (1998) $5.99
States of Matter: A Question and Answer Book by Bayrock and Fiona; Capstone Press (2007) $6.75
Solids, Liquids, And Gases by Ginger Garrett: Childrens Pr (2005) $4.95
Experiments With Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Salvatore Tocci; Children's Press (2002) $6.95
Kinematics
Kinematics - Wikipedia
1-D Kinematics - The Physics Classroom
Motion
Newton's Laws
Newton's laws - HyperPhysics
Car Physics and Newton's Laws of Motion - Good explanation, along with useful links
Elevator Physics - Newton's Laws - Good links (thanks to Alice for resource)
Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia
Pendulums
Simple Pendulum - Hyperphysics explanation
How Pendulum Clocks Work - From How Stuff Works
Pendulum Physlet - Java application and equations for a damped pendulum
The Foucault Pendulum - University of Louisville pendulum
Projects and experiments
Science Projects and Experiments - Listing on our site
You and Your Science Fair Project - Projects outline from informED of Australia
Exploratorium Science Explorer - Simple science experiments
Miscellaneous
Summary
Use these resources to get further information on the various Physics and Physical Science topics. If you have some good resources, let me know about them.
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